The Secret of the Telegian
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 Theatrical poster for Densō Ningen (1960) |
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| Directed by | Jun Fukuda |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Written by | Shinichi Sekizawa |
| Starring | Koji Tsuruta Akihiko Hirata Yoshio Tsuchiya Tadao Nakamaru Yumi Shirakawa Seizaburô Kawazu Sachio Sakai Yoshifumi Tajima |
| Music by | Sei Ikeno |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Yamada |
| Editing by | Kazuji Taira |
| Distributed by |  Toho Herts-Lion International Corp. |
| Release date(s) | April 10, 1960 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese English |
The Secret of the Telegian, released in Japan as Densō Ningen (電送人間, lit. "The Teleporting Man"), is a 1960 tokusatsu sci-fi/horror/mystery film. Produced by Toho Company, Ltd., the film was directed by Jun Fukuda (this was his first tokusatsu work), and written by Shinichi Sekizawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and some scenes by Teruyoshi Nakano. Herts-Lion International Corp. acquired the western hemisphere rights to the film in January 1964 and planned to release it theatrically in the US in February of that year on a double bill with Dungeons of Horror. This proposed US theatrical release was aborted, and the film was subsequently syndicated to TV. Besides being in black and white, the TV prints were identical to Toho's uncut international English version, dubbing and all.[1]
Plot
Sudo (Tadao Nakamaru) is a disfigured World War II soldier who had been wounded, robbed and left for dead by his fellow soldiers years before. Under the alias "Goro Nakamoto," he is armed with the bayonet that had been used to wound him, and uses the Clariotron, a device that can give its user the ability to teleport anywhere. The inventor of the machine, Professor Niki, was unaware that it was being used.
As an act of vengeance, Sudo uses the Clariotron to hunt down the soldiers, killing them one by one and leaving an ID tag on each of the bodies. Kirioka (Koji Tsuruta) and detectives Onosaki (Yoshio Tsuchiya) and Kobayashi (Akihiko Hirata) are assigned to investigate the murders.
Cast
- Masaru Kirioka (Journalist) - Koji Tsuruta
- Kobayashi (Inspector) - Akihiko Hirata
- Akiko Nakajou - Yumi Shirakawa
- Corporal Sudo/“Densou-Ningen”/Goro Nakamoto - Tadao Nakamaru
- Oonishi (President of Kainan) - Seizaburou Kawazu
- Ryuu-Syougen (Owner of cabaret Dai-hon-ei) - Yoshihumi Tajima
- Taki (President of building company) - Sachio Sakai
- Okazaki (Detective chief investigation) - Yoshio Tsuchiya
- Dr. Miura - Fuyuki Murakami
- Dr. Niki - Takamaru Sasaki
- Director at Metropolitan Police Department - Jun'ichirou Mukai
- Tsukamoto - Shin Ootomo
- Director of Tamagawa-En - Shirou Tsuchiya
- Attraction man of Chiller House - Ikio Sawamura
- Man Visitor of Chiller House - kiyoshi kodama
- Man Visitor of Chiller House - Sachiyuki Uemura
- Man visitor of Chiller House - Jirou Kumagai
- Woman visitor of Chiller House - Yoshie Kidaira
- Genzou (Villager) - Akira Sera
- Otokichi (Villager) - Senkichi Oomura
- Oono (Employee of Dai-hon-ei) - Yutaka Nakayama
- Waiter of Dai-hon-ei - Toshio Miura
- Waiter of Dai-hon-ei - Yasuhiko Saijou
- Driver of Jeep - Kenzou Echigo
- Yumiko (Hostess of Dai-hon-ei) - Toshiko Higuchi
- Tomiko (Hostess of Dai-hon-ei) - Rumi Konishi
- Hostess of Dai-hon-ei - Akemi Ueno
- Aunt of an apartment manager - Kiyomi Mizunoya
- Old woman of fisherman - Tsuruko Umano
- Salesclerk of flower shop - Yasuo Tsuchiya
- Employee of trading company Kainan - Eisei Amamoto
- Employee of trading company Kainan - Syouichi Hirose
- Employee of trading company Kainan - Nadao Kirino
- Driver of truck - Kouji Uno
- Ida - Tatsuo Matsumura
- Journalist - Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
- Journalist - Yutaka Oka
- Shimura - Fumindo Matsuo
- Detective - Mitsuo Matsumoto
- Policeman - Yasuhiro Shigenobu
- Discernment person in charge - Masaaki Tachibana
- Policeman of police car - Hideo Shibuya
- Policeman of inspection - Tadashi Okabe
- Police station head - Hiroo Sakurai
- Man of the part of ghost of chiller house - Akira Kitano
- Policeman who is murdered in Densou-Ningen - Shigemi Sagawa
- Policeman - Kouji Iwamoto
External links
- "電送人間 (Densô Ningen)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- The Secret of the Telegian at the Internet Movie Database
- The Secret of the Telegian at AllRovi
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